Mouse in mid-day meal; 19 students hospitalised in Odisha

Bhadrak: As many as 19 students of a state-run upper primary school were hospitalised after consuming poisonous mid-day meal here in the district.

The victims were the students of Charitaraf UGUP school under Tihidi block. They are undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), Bhadrak.

The district sub-collector visited the hospital to take stock of situation.

According to reports, the students complained of illness after being served meal under mid-day meal scheme at their school yesterday.

The parents of the students alleged that a mouse was spotted in the served food. The students fell ill after consuming the meal contaminated by dead rat.

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